Red Sea is the dark glaze with reflective branching patterns. Read the rim for more info. Back was intentionally left unglazed, and it shows zones of oxidation and reduction that are design elements of the making and glazing process. Reduction can turn a copper green glaze into a red glaze. Bare clay shows how unburned fuel seeks oxygen from clay, and changes it's color. I glazed this on the day of Obama's win, when a morning e-mail from Terrance Gavan was titled "the American Kiln." In it he rejoiced, saying "Wow! The people of America have done it again. We have shown the world that once again Americans are way out in front. Nobody else has come close to we've accomplished. An African-American president! The Melting Pot continues to melt." I used my joy by dating work I glazed that day and the next, and also glazed as I have on ocassion in the past -- a "mutt mud" series that expresses the boundarylessness of the seafloor. |